Beatty and his Bands surprised the Australian baseball world this week with five wins over the first-place Canberra Cavalry driven by Rolfe Renault. Four of those wins accounted for a Round 11 series sweep, and the fifth, the conclusion of a 17 November suspended game, came as the opener of a pseudo-doubleheader on Friday night.

Beatty was a major factor in Brisbane’s eye-opening whitewashing of the formerly red-hot Cavalry. The third baseman’s big night came on Friday in his club’s Round 11 opener with Canberra. Beatty registered his first ABL multi-home run game by cranking two blasts and driving in five to lead the Bandits to a 6-1 win. Overall, the former St. Louis Cardinals farmhand had hits in all four games of the Bandits’ Round 11 series, going 6-for-11 (.667) with three home runs and eight runs batted in.

On the mound, Delta’s award for Round 11 goes to a bullpen member. Sydney’s Williams made ABL history this week by registering his 13th save of 2012/13, establishing a new single-season record in the league and surpassing the previous mark of 12, set by his bullpen mate Dae-Sung Koo in 2010/11. Williams wasn’t done with just that mark, set on Friday, 11 January in a 2-0 Sox victory. Over the next two days, the red-bearded right-hander earned two more saves, allowing just two hits in the process to extend his season total to 15. The three saves helped to close out a four-game sweep of Melbourne by the Blue Sox

Over his last ten outings, dating back to 13 December at Perth, Williams has earned ten straight saves and not allowed a single run on five hits. His 15 saves are five more than anyone else in the ABL, and the former Minnesota Twins prospect boasts a strikeouts-to-walks ratio of 6-to-1 this season. Opposing hitters are batting just .195 this season against him.

In Round 12, Williams and his Blue Sox teammates, who pulled into a first-place tie with their Round 11 sweep, travel to the nation’s capital for a clash with the reeling Cavalry. A series win either way would give the victorious team sole possession of first place. The Bandits are home in Round 12 to host the formerly league-leading Heat who exited Round 11 two games back of the Sydney-Canberra first-place tie.

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